Central Metropolitan

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 119,680 people were counted in Central Metropolitan: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan there were 19,077 children aged 0-14 years and 28,630 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 98,799 people were Australian citizens, 36,036 were born overseas and 4,658 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 44.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 6.9% were widowed and 38.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 63.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Central Metropolitan were England 7.7%, New Zealand 2.1%, Italy 1.8%, Malaysia 1.5% and Scotland 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Central Metropolitan on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.3%, Anglican 23.0%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.6%, Cantonese 1.3%, Mandarin 1.2%, Greek 0.8% and Vietnamese 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 60,302 people aged 15 years and over in Central Metropolitan were in the labour force. Of these 58.3% worked full-time, 33.6% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.2% were unemployed. 33,941 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.7%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Central Metropolitan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.5%, Health Services 6.7%, Education 5.6%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 27,194 families were counted: of these, 40.2% were couple families without children, 43.8% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 3.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 49,609 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Central Metropolitan, 60.2% were separate houses, 13.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.4% were being purchased and 32.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Central Metropolitan, 54.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.1% were single (or lone) person households and 6.5% were group households.